n.缠结;混乱;纠纷
vt.使缠结;使混乱;使陷入
vi.纠缠;乱作一团;吵架;争论
The wool got in a fearful tangle. 毛线乱成了一团。
His financial affairs are in such a tangle. 他的钱财是糊涂帐。
用作及物动词 (vt.)The little girl tangled the yarn her mother was knitting. 小女孩把她妈妈在编结的毛线弄得纠结在一起了。
The wind tangled her hair. 风吹乱了她的头发。
They were tangled in the labour-management controversy. 他们被卷入了劳资纠纷。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)He was really a tough guy to tangle with. 他真是一个难缠的人。
The cables on the floor were in a tangle. 地上的电缆乱作一团。
We tangled heatedly over the justice of the war. 我们就这场战争的正义性激烈地争了起来。
tangle的基本意思是“混乱”。引申可指“打架”。
tangle既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。
tangle可接副词up表示“搞混”; 接介词with表示“与…发生冲突”。
v.解开纠结;解开;整顿;清理